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What is Batabatacha? – A Traditional Japanese Herbal Blend & A Fermented Tea
Not too long ago now I was able to purchase(*) Batabatacha through Yunomi. I took a risk with this blend because I had never tried anything like this before, but I’m always looking to learn more about Japanese tea traditions and to try them out for myself so I wanted to give it a go…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 15 | Shizuoka
Sadly the last day of the Japanese Tea Marathon has come and gone (I’m a day late to posting this because I had my first covid jab yesterday) but just because yesterday was the last day of the marathon, it didn’t mean that the session wasn’t just as jam packed and informative as the ones…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 13 | Saitama
The last days of the Japanese tea marathon have started to arrive and today for Day 13 we are travelling to Saitama which is one of a few land-locked prefectures and one of the smallest in Japan. However, it has one of the biggest population densities. This can be explained by its geographical location. Saitama…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 9 | Nara
Can you believe that we are already at Day 9 of the Japanese tea marathon! I feel like it’s all flying by so fast but I’m enjoying every single moment of it and I really have been able to learn so much. I’ll definitely be sad when it’s time for the marathon to finish but…
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The Global Japanese Tea Association – Japanese Tea Marathon- Day 6 | Nagasaki
Located on the west side of Kyushu island, Nagasaki itself has the largest number of islands in Japan. For a long time Nagasaki was known as the gateway to Japan, with it’s geographical location making it one of the main ports for trading with Asia and Europe. During the isolation period of Japan – ‘sakoku’…